The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-28
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Philadelphia's new city hall has already
cost twelve million dollars, and is likely to
cost twenty before it is done,
The father of Gen. Sickles left $4,000. 600.
Each of the daughters receives $4,000 in
cash.
1t costs for Queen to travel. Queen Vic
toria's visit to Birmingham lasted three
hours and cost 100000.
"Unser" Fritz, the Crown Prince of Ger
many, has become a grandfather while wait
ing for the crown of the hale old Kaiser.
Ex-senator Patterson's son, who left the
law for theology few months ago, has a
call to the Congregational church at MARI
Zorro, N. III.
The Dartmouth students have raised ST.
700 among themselves for their base ball
nine, thereby breaking their record Of ex-
penditure at base ball.
Mr.. S. S. Cox, late Minister to Turkey, states
that there will be no difficulty, about the re-
ception Of the new Minister, Mr.. Strauss. bv
the Sultan because OF his Hebrew descent.
In the new university of California, built
by Leland Stanford, women are to share the
dement's OF every department equally with
men.
G. Fl. J. Taylor, the Missouri colored man
recently appointed Minister to Liberia. pro-
colored people to the Democratic party by
the appointment of colored men to Office
George Gould has settled into such re-
tired state of domesticity since his marriage
that all his former friends are growing at
his s0-called neglect. His one aim now is
said to be to rival his fathers success.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago says
that he declined denomination because he
fears trouble with the Anarchists. He pre-
diets more bloodshed within the next two
years.
There is whole temperance sermon in
the reply of butcher who was asked for a
dollar toward paying a temperance lecturer:
There's your dollar, said he. 81 have sold
more meat in one day since this town went
no license than l used to in a week when we
had saloons"
Turkish journal contains the alarming
intelligence. "His majesty is slightly indis-
posed. having been bitten by mosquito last
night"
The man marry must have wealth.
Said she.
The girl marry must have health,
Said he.
ne nau no wealth.. His earnings he did waste
She had no health, because her waist she laced
Too tight.
Boston Courier.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette re.
joices that John A. Logan's son has become
an Ohio man, and gives two columns to an
account of the young mans wedding to Miss
Andrews, OF Youngstown, with pictures of
the bride and groom. The presents were
very elegant or very substantial From her
father, Mr.. G. Fl. Andrews, the bride re-
ceived $4,000 and a handsome house on Wick
avenue, youngstown, very near her fathers
residence. From her uncle, Mr.. w. G. An
drews, President of the Standard Gasligh.
Company, of New York, she received the
gift of another $50, 000in bonds.
A Washington paper gives an amusing de-
scription of President Cleveland's dress:
During the day the President always wears
broadcloth Prince Albert coat, with dark
trousers and vest which shows a very lib
eral display of shirt front. His cravat is of
black silk, about an inch in width, and he
ties it in an old fashioned bow knot. 1t is
during these evening chats and conferences
that the President is seen at his ease He is
very fond of an old suit, which he calls his
working Clothes" And such an outfit IN
the first place comes an extremely short sack
coat that barely reaches to his hips. Then
comes the trousers, the bottoms of which
look longngly at his ankles, some distance
away; pair of shoes which must be an heir
loom IN the Cleveland family, and smoking
cap with tassel completes the description.
III Is just such a makeup as one often sees
on the comedian in some old farce, but the
PRESIDENT likes it and clings to it like an old
friend" ~